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Chapter 127 Sending troops to Korea
The news of Li Zhen's hanging made Zhu Youjian silent for a while.

According to the current development, the possibility of hanging himself is not great.But you don't need to hang yourself in that situation, Li Zhen!

Wouldn't it be good to go south across the sea and fall directly into Da Ming's father's arms?Isn't it trivial to call Amin for you?

But people are dead, and it doesn't make sense to talk about it.

North Korea is a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, and it is justifiable to send troops to help the Li Dynasty.

This battle must be fought, the key is how to fight.

"Li Qing, how do you think we should attack North Korea now?" He summoned Li Banghua, the Minister of War, and wanted to hear his opinion.

"It should be sooner rather than later. At present, Amin's foothold is not stable, and his foundation among the common people is still weak. We can send troops to North Korea under the banner of putting things right."

"I know this, how many soldiers and horses are appropriate to send now?"

"It should not be too much. North Korea is far away, and it is not easy to make up for it. But it will not work if it is too small. There is a saying in the art of war: if it is ten, it will be surrounded; if it is five, it will be attacked; Thousands. The North Korean soldiers are not a concern, the most important thing to pay attention to is the [-] Eight Banners soldiers under Amin."

Zhu Youjian nodded.Fifty thousand is considered a relatively moderate amount.Siege warfare is different from field warfare. Even if one's own firearms are sharp, there will never be fewer casualties.What he considered was how to minimize the casualties of his own soldiers.During the Wanli period, the aid to Korea and the fight against the Japanese, although they won the victory, it also seriously hurt the vitality of the Ming Dynasty.At present, the domestic situation is very good, and the good situation that I have created with great difficulty cannot be ruined.With the least cost, in exchange for the greatest victory is the result he wants most.

He sent someone to call over firearms experts Bi Maokang and Sun Yuanhua.

"Lao Bi, do you have any new research results recently?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have been researching breech-loading guns, but there has been no progress for the time being."

Bi Maokang shook his head and replied.

Zhu Youjian looked at Sun Yuanhua again.

"What about you?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the minister has not made any progress."

Zhu Youjian nodded and asked the two to go back temporarily.

Even if the research direction is right, the research results will not come out in a short while.

He found Song Yingxing again.

"Can you make dynamite?"

"I know a thing or two."

"I'm talking about high explosives."

"Your Majesty is talking about TNT?"

"Huh? How do you know?"

"In the chemistry book given by His Majesty, there are also black powder and white sugar."

That's in the chemistry book I gave you?Why do I have no impression at all?Even Big Ivan knows how to add some sugar?
"Can you make TNT?"

"Yes. It can be produced by nitrating toluene. The three-stage nitration method is the fastest and the lowest cost. But there is a difficulty."

"Say it quickly!" Zhu Youjian was a little anxious, if you have any difficulties, find me!

"In the first stage of nitration, toluene is nitrated into MNT, in the second stage of nitration, MNT is nitrated into DNT, and the third stage will not be mentioned."

"Why?"

"The minister is afraid of being caught in the river."

"Then what is your problem?"

"I'm afraid the amount made by one person is not enough for His Majesty to use in war."

"Do you know what I'm going to do?"

"Yes! Your Majesty."

"I'll send someone over to help you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Seeing that the problem was solved, Zhu Youjian felt relieved for a while.As long as the thinking is not slippery, the method is better than the difficulty.

The soldiers of the Beijing camp are making intensive preparations for the expedition.An important person is coming.

Or three.

Li and his younger brothers Li Hao and Li.

On the day Seoul fell, they quietly left the city under the escort of their guards, all the way west, and crossed the sea by boat.Landed from Weihai, and then came to the capital.

Zhu Youjian naturally wanted to summon the son of the king of North Korea who had lost his country and family.

"I ask Your Majesty to be the master for my father! Be the master for the people of Korea!" Li Kou confessed the sins of Amin and others as soon as he met him, hoping that Zhu Youjian could be the master for him.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry too much. I have already decided to send troops to North Korea, and I will send troops in a few days. Jieshi will drive away Jiannu and return North Korea to a bright future. You still need your son to go back and preside over the overall situation!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Kou was overjoyed when he heard the words, especially when he heard that His Majesty asked him to go back and preside over the overall situation.Didn't he say he was going to be king?

The three brothers stayed in the capital, and Zhu was taken care of by the procurator and treated each other with courtesy.

After nearly half a month of overall planning and scheduling.

the eighth day of june
Fifty thousand soldiers from the Beijing battalion are ready to go.

This time the leader was Zhang Zhiji, the son of Zhang Weixian.

For Zhang Zhiji, this was the first time in his life that he had commanded so many troops, and he was a little agitated.

Still outside Desheng Gate, they set off after Zhu Youjian's impassioned speech.

This time the Beijing camp still sent the main force of the three major battalions.

Twenty thousand infantry of the fifth army camp.

The [-] Musketeers of the Shenji Battalion.

Three thousand battalions of ten thousand cavalry.

Following Zhang Zhiji's order, [-] soldiers and [-] civilian men who escorted food and grass set off in a mighty manner.

This trip goes east all the way, passing through Yongping and exiting Shanhaiguan.Then go up Ningjin along the coast, pass Gaizhou, Dingliao, and reach the Yalu River.

The trip was more than 500 miles, and it took more than a month to walk.

July [-]
The army finally arrived at Zhenjiang Fort.They planned to cross the Yalu River here and attack Yizhou.

The [-]-strong army was marching mightily in Liaodong, so Huang Taiji naturally knew about it. At first he thought that the Ming Dynasty had sent troops to attack him again.Later, I found out that judging from their marching route, they were not directed at him, but at Amin.

Happy to hear, he is willing to beat Amin.

He decided not to send troops for the time being, but to wait for the opportunity.Maybe there will be a fight between snipe and clam, and the fisherman will benefit.

Facts proved that he thought too much, and soon he received the news that Zu Dashou and Mangui's [-] cavalry appeared outside Liaoyang City.He was so angry that he smashed the bowl, thinking this was his back garden! ?
He immediately ordered troops to encircle and suppress Huang Taiji, but Zu Dashou's order was only to contain Huang Taiji, and he didn't need to attack the city. Naturally, he didn't need to confront him head-on.Huang Taiji was so angry that he jumped, but there was nothing he could do.He had no choice but to order the people outside the city to enter the city and stick to the Liaoshen line of defense.

So far, the situation on both sides has changed from the Ming army sticking to Ningjin before the Jisi change to the Jiannu sticking to Liaoshen, a complete reversal.Jiannu's control of the north of Liaoyang existed in name only.

Huang Taiji knew that Daming sent troops, and Amin, the person involved, would naturally not know.

He immediately found Fan Wencheng, his first counselor.

"Sir, I just got news that the [-] troops of the Ming Dynasty will reach the Yalu River in a few days. What should we do?"

Fan Wencheng also wondered why he came so soon.The person I sent to the imperial court to ask for a seal brought so much gold, silver and jewelry, but it didn't help at all?Even if it drags on for a year and a half.When did Ming officials become so clean?

"Your Majesty, since the Ming court sent troops to attack, we naturally cannot sit still. This time it is the Ming army attacking the city, and we are defending the city. We can send more troops to the border of Yizhou. As long as we stick to the city, it is absolutely impossible for the Ming army to take it down." It's easy. In addition, we can spread rumors that the Ming army will slaughter the city when it enters the city, inciting the people in the city to participate in the city defense, and increase our defensive strength. However, the Ming army has traveled a long distance, and supplies are naturally difficult. We just need to drag one For two months, the Ming army will be unable to attack for a long time, and they will surely collapse without a fight!"

A Min nodded, what Fan Wencheng said seemed to make sense.

"How many troops will be sent to Yizhou?"

"Five thousand Eight Banners warriors, and another ten thousand North Korean soldiers. I am willing to lead the army in person." Fan Wencheng's face is full of righteousness, he is really loyal and courageous,

"Hey~ how can I do that! If Mr. Gu doesn't advise Gu, I really have no idea. For the war, just send someone else to go." Amin firmly disagreed.

"All this is according to the king's will." Fan Wencheng knelt down and saluted, but there was a smile on his face.

But Zhang Zhiji here led his army to the Yalu River and immediately ordered to cross the river.Stationed five miles outside Yizhou City.

The strategic purpose this time is not only to kill people, but the most important thing is to take back the city occupied by Jiannu and drive away Jiannu.So we must fight steadily and gradually eat away.

Zhang Zhiji took out a telescope to observe the situation in Yizhou, and found that there were crowds of people on the city wall, obviously planning to stick to it.Zhang Zhiji fell into deep thought.

He sent soldiers to investigate the situation outside Yizhou City, and launched an attack in the early morning of the second day.

He also did not send infantry to attack the city, but directly ordered five hundred Italian cannons to bombard the top of the city, and the defenders who bombed directly hid behind the female wall and did not dare to show their faces.

Then he sent out a group of soldiers wearing armor with the general flag, and quickly moved towards the gate of the city.

On the top of the city, Jiala Ezhen, who was in charge of guarding the city, hid behind the parapet and looked at the fifty armored infantry, and asked the people around him suspiciously.

"What do these dozens of people touch, what do you mean?"

"I do not know!"

"What do you see on their backs?"

"I do not know!"

(End of this chapter)